Next Date: January 20-23, 2019

Mission

To annually convene the Canadian tourism industry and its stakeholders focusing on economic, environmental, social and cultural sustainability, and who together will build the positive legacy of tourism in Canada.

The Outcome

Dialogue and recommendations will be captured from this annual conference of thought leaders to produce the IMPACT Sustainable Travel & Tourism Report. This report will be distributed to all attendees to drive forward changes from one year to next. In the time between IMPACT conferences, IMPACT representatives will present the report at other major tourism conferences throughout Canada – moving our dialogue into action.

Why now?

As we experience a surge in the tourism market in Canada, environmental and social issues continue to threaten the sustainability of our planet and communities. The IMPACT founding partners recognized the urgency and opportunity in convening leaders to have a holistic dialogue about how we can create new partnerships, leverage technology, and change the trajectory of tourism towards a restorative, sustainable industry that Canada will benefit from for decades to come. This future-oriented discussion is timely and, until now, has not been convened within the tourism industry on a national scale.

As conference organizers, we believe through conversation, inspiration and collaboration we can position Canada as a global leader in sustainability and innovation in tourism and drive a competitive advantage for the future. This is the legacy we hope to create from the IMPACT Sustainability Travel & Tourism Conference.

How is this Conference Different?

IMPACT is the first conference in Canada to bring together a wide variety of leaders from travel and tourism, government, academia, First Nations and NGOs to share knowledge and dive deep into the issues of sustainability and innovation. We promise an inspiring program, with practical components and takeaways while going deep into the subject matter.

Learn and Network in Victoria, BC

Victoria is a global tourism destination with sustainability at the core of its tourism product offering. Victoria has many LEED certified hotels, carbon neutral hotels and airlines, attractions with advanced sustainability and give-back programs, and many unique small business stories where profitability is driven by sustainability. And with 3.6 million annual overnight visitors, Victoria is proof that high-volume tourism can co-exist with sustainable product offerings.

As host city, Victoria offers valuable networking and learning experience for all delegates, with pre-conference policy tours, two and a half days of technical talks, interaction, special events, spousal programs and more – all in a beautiful natural environment that will inspire delegates.

A Carbon Neutral Conference

IMPACT Sustainability Travel & Tourism is proudly a carbon netural conference. In partnership with Synergy Enterprises and Offsetters, we were able to offset the carbon footprint of the entire event that resulted from delegate travel, accommodation, waste and more. To learn more about how we became fully carbon neutral and how you can offset your business' carbon footprint, see below.